Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	field_n	good_a	tare_n	1,044	5	12.5068	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57312	To the magistrates, governours & rulers concerned in England	Rigge, Ambrose, 1635?-1705.	1682 (1682)	Wing R1496; ESTC R11926	5,420	8

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